Weighing of the Heart by thesedatedprince
All done :). This is my entry, 'Weighing of the Heart'. There's like a million more things I would have liked to have added and none of them can be completed in the two hours left.
Instructions:
You are trying to unlock all the audience members to get the ending.
Add an audience member to the audience by clicking on their picture on the select screen. Remove them by clicking the picture again.
Each audience member has an opinion on which actor will suffer in the afterlife - this is indicated by a tick or cross on the board after the show.
The ticks are added up to indicate whether an actor 'will not suffer', 'will suffer' or 'will suffer excessively'.
Try different combinations of audience members to unlock more audience members - hints for this are present on the 'HINTS' screen.
Unlock all 4 audience members and have them watch the show to view the ending.
Eye Unlockables: Sometimes you will see a sparkly thing on stage. This is an eye unlockable. Click it to retrieve it.
If an audience member's eye unlockable has been collected, they can see more in certain scenes. The eye on the back of the chair indicates whether the audience has their eye unlocked and is paying attention in that scene (goes from left to right).
If an audience member has their eye unlocked, and their eye is open they may see another sparkly thing! Click to collect it - this will be another eye unlockable.
Click the Hints button on the select page to get hints for which seats the audience members need to see the next eye unlockable.
Collect all the eye unlockables to unlock the 'True ending' (slightly bugged)
Ratings
| Overall | 513th | 3⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 577th | 2.423⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 159th | 3.654⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 330th | 3.538⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 362th | 3.269⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 209th | 3.346⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 184th | 3.462⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 25🗳️ | 28🗨️ |
Unfortunately I somehow felt a little stuck always watching the same scene with citizen A or B getting killed over and over :D I like the people running backwards train :P (I was warned)
interesting loops when you see almost the same thing each time
So what can I say?
I had no clue of what was going on, but I did really like it!
I like te concept and the whole theater thing, but I found the gameplay a bit complex or I didn´t understand it enough. With some work this could be a really interesting game.
I guess I now understand your question in https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/weighing-of-the-heart/question-changing-game-description-pages-post-compo and I totally second what I said there : do give any hints in the descriptions that might enhance the gamer's experience.
The ending part should be skippable because going through it after every try to unlock the eyes was a bit too much
*Edit*: That really was the most wild experience I've had in the game jam so far. Incredible.
I found a minor bugs: when there are 3 of them and all deselected, Byron card would float over the hints.